The key to this article is “by an adult with a healthy diet”. Seriously? With as healthy diet is nearly impossible to attain these days. Our food is grown for color and sometimes taste, NOT nutritional value. I don’t know of anyone who eats 7-9 services of fruits and vegetables EVERY DAY. Do you?

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posted on 08/21/2012 11:17:42 AM PDT
by BillT
(If you can not stand behind our military, you might as well stand in front of them!)

I dont know of anyone who eats 7-9 services of fruits and vegetables EVERY DAY.

Very good points. As a poster boy for poor eating (but not obese), I might eat any significant serving at all of fruits and vegetables three or four times a year -- maybe those would add up to one day a year of adequate intake LOL. Have to start hitting Granny's Buffet more often. But I'm still here, if struggling. a little (not diet related)

First thing I notice looking at the chart -- Tumeric at the bottom??? Sure, if thousands of years of experience with curcumin is all wet.

I dont know of anyone who eats 7-9 services of fruits and vegetables EVERY DAY. Do you?

One serving is a surprisingly small amount. It is only 1/2 cup of raw or cooked food (less for dried). A good sized apple would be 2 servings. One website I looked at said that a cup of sliced bananas is 1 1/3 medium bananas, so a medium banana would be one and a half servings.

And don't even get me started when bing cherries are in season. I found some down to $1.49/lb and annoyed everyone in the office with my piles of stems and pits in the trash.

Actually the chart just says that it hasn't been subject to any scientifically controlled double blind testing. It could be good, it could be worthless, it could be detrimental but it hasn't been properly tested.

It’s KNOWN to be a highly powerful antioxidant. You could only say “conflicting” in that it’s hard to put a number on how much healthier you are taking any antioxidant. But there are studies that show it’s absorbed in the system and in large enough doses even assists endurance and athletic performance. Might as well say don’t take vitamin C, E, or any other general antioxidant.

I even read a science article a few months ago describing future anti aging drugs. The comment was: creating an antioxidant a thousand times as powerful as Resveratol. It’s known to be beneficial. The question is simply how big of a dose continues to benefit.

Me neither. That stuff works and is taking over the pharmacy shelf space where I buy. Stay under or at 100mg and take early in the morning or you may have trouble going to sleep at bedtime; in my case anyway.

Yep. You have to know what counts as a serving of fruits and vegetables. My favorite drink:

Be careful of those packages juice drinks..the rule of thumb is anything isn a package that says it "healthy"..it's not. The stuff that is packaged by the food co's that push "healthy" are some of the worst crap to eat.

I try to take it when I can, but it’s just so dang expensive. But yeah, I’ve read so many good things about it. Doctor noe pointed out that it’s listed as ubiquinol, and I’m surprised at where it’s at in the chart. I’ll probably still keep taking it, though.

You are so right. I live in Louisiana - and we have farming and farmer's markets. Last week, green beans were almost $3 a pound IN THE SUMMER! They used to be cheap because we grow them locally. Anyway, I always get angry at the elitist liberals who are trying to punish those who are too fat and telling children they are too fat. Well, ever price a box or twinkies opposed to an orange or a box of craft macaroni & cheese to a cauliflower? Significant differences. And, when you trying to feed a family of 4 or more full nutrition is next to impossible - especially for teens who are hungry around the clock. I am certainly not against healthy eating - I eat vegs., chicken, fish, etc. I am just saying that it is getting next to impossible to eat well.

Now, with obama taking over our food and water supplies last March, I wonder if we will have rationing at some point.

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